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Table 2 Efficacy of artesunate-amodiaquine or artemether-lumefantrine in anaemic and non-anaemic malarious children according to study site and year of enrolment

From: Therapeutic efficacy and effects of artemisinin-based combination treatments on uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparumĀ malaria -associated anaemia in Nigerian children during seven years of adoption as first-line treatments

Site (Year)

Haematocrit status

PCR uncorrected

PCR corrected

ACPR_u

Failure_u

Total

ACPR_c

Recrudescence

Total

P value

Artesunate-amodiaquine

ā€‚Ibadan (2008ā€“2010)

Anaemia

84

5

89

85

3

88

Ā 

No anaemia

286

14

300

286

11

297

1.0

ā€‚Damboa (2009ā€“2010)

Anaemia

40

0

40

40

0

40

Ā 

No anaemia

21

0

21

21

0

21

-

ā€‚Agbani (2009ā€“2010)

Anaemia

26

5

31

25

5

30

Ā 

No anaemia

21

2

23

20

2

22

0.44

ā€‚Makarfi (2009ā€“2010)

Anaemia

22

0

22

22

0

22

Ā 

No anaemia

39

0

39

39

0

39

-

ā€‚Ijede (2009ā€“2010)

Anaemia

19

1

20

19

1

20

Ā 

No anaemia

28

0

28

28

0

28

-

ā€‚Barkin Ladi (2009ā€“2010)

Anaemia

11

4

15

11

0

11

Ā 

No anaemia

36

6

42

36

4

40

-

ā€‚Ibadan (2011ā€“2014)

Anaemia

34

1

35

34

0

34

Ā 

No anaemia

121

3

124

119

4

123

-

ā€‚Total (2008ā€“2014)

Anaemia

236

16

252

236

9

245

Ā 

No anaemia

552

25

577

549

21

570

0.85

Artemether-lumefantrine

ā€‚Ibadan (2008ā€“2010)

Anaemia

43

2

45

43

2

45

Ā 

No anaemia

129

11

140

132

8

140

1.0

ā€‚Damboa (2009ā€“2010)

Anaemia

33

3

36

33

2

35

Ā 

No anaemia

18

2

20

18

1

19

1.0

ā€‚Agbani (2009ā€“2010)

Anaemia

33

2

35

33

0

33

Ā 

No anaemia

19

4

23

19

4

23

-

ā€‚Makarfi (2009ā€“2010)

Anaemia

20

1

21

19

1

20

Ā 

No anaemia

37

0

37

37

0

37

-

ā€‚Ijede (2009ā€“2010)

Anaemia

19

1

20

19

0

19

Ā 

No anaemia

24

2

26

26

0

26

-

ā€‚Barkin Ladi (2009ā€“2010)

Anaemia

8

4

12

8

2

10

Ā 

No anaemia

34

6

40

34

4

38

0.59

ā€‚Ibadan (2011ā€“2014)

Anaemia

15

1

16

15

1

16

Ā 

No anaemia

42

4

46

42

3

45

1.0

ā€‚Total (2008ā€“2014)

Anaemia

171

14

185

170

8

178

Ā 

No anaemia

303

29

332

306

20

326

0.57

  1. PCR polymerase chain reaction, ACPR_u adequate clinical and parasitological response uncorrected, ACPR_c adequate clinical and parasitological response corrected, Failure_u treatment failure uncorrected, AA artesunate-amodiaquine, AL artemether-lumefantrine, ALL all children